Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony
- ISBN-10
- 0742552632
- ISBN-13
- 9780742552630
- Series
- Roanoke
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 191
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Description
An account of the establishment and abandonment of the early English colony of Roanoke, in North Carolina.
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